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Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 293rd Basic Training Class
Twenty new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on May 20 at a ceremony held in the KLETC Integrity Auditorium. ...
31 KU students receive Gilman scholarships
Thirty-one University of Kansas undergraduate students have recently received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad in countries around the world. ...
KU chancellor announces promotion, tenure for 160 faculty and researchers for fall 2022
Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved the promotion and award of tenure, where indicated, for 50 individuals at the University of Kansas and Edwards campuses and 110 individuals at KU Medical Center campuses. ...
University community remembers longtime employee Heidi Karn Barker
The University of Kansas community is remembering Heidi Karn Barker, a functional systems analyst for KU Student Information Systems. Barker died May 8 at age 38. ...
Construction causes road closures on KU Lawrence campus
Road closures will impact travel on and near the University of Kansas Lawrence campus throughout the summer months. Affected roads include Naismith Drive, 19th Street and Oread Avenue, and the first closures began May 16. ...
Law school honors Class of 2022 graduates for scholarship, leadership and service
The University of Kansas School of Law honored graduates in the Class of 2022 at a hooding ceremony May 14. During the ceremony, 11 graduates received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community. ...
Artists take on long-overdue topic of parenthood in new exhibition
Parenthood may seem like the most natural, nearly universal adult condition. And yet, according to Maria Velasco, in the art world and especially the academic art world, parenthood is truly challenging, edgy subject matter because it’s liable to get you dismissed as hokey and sentimental. ...
Center for Montessori Research houses large online Montessori research bibliography
Scholars and researchers investigating the Montessori model of education now have a robust tool to aid their efforts. Housed at the Center for Montessori Research (CMR), a center within the University of Kansas Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI), the Montessori Bibliography Online makes information about Montessori and the Montessori movement...
KU career website HireJayhawks.com expands job postings for students
The KU career website HireJayhawks.com now offers one comprehensive job search platform, allowing University of Kansas students to explore the part-time job opportunities available to them on-campus, locally and remotely. Previously, students had to search both HireJayhawks.com and employment.ku.edu to learn about available part-time job options. ...
KU journalism professor documenting project to revive Pawnee varieties of corn
Nebraska may be known as the Cornhusker State, but a University of Kansas professor is in the midst of a new documentary project telling the story of “the first Cornhuskers,” who have revived nearly 20 Indigenous species of corn as part of the Pawnee Corn Seed Preservation Project. ...
Robinson Center pools to close
Beginning June 1, the swimming pools in Robinson Center will no longer be available to KU students, faculty or staff for open swimming, the University of Kansas has announced. The Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences, which managed and maintained the pools, is no longer providing swim-related programming. That...
KU to lead $24M statewide investment to advance research on resilient and socially equitable infrastructure
Kansas currently ranks ninth in federal disaster declarations per capita. Amid changing climate patterns and frequent extreme weather events, historically underserved communities often receive less aid and recover slower from weather disasters. ...
KU International Affairs names Eron Memaj as International Support Services director
KU International Affairs has announced that Eron Memaj will be the new director of International Support Services at the University of Kansas. ...
16 KU Engineering faculty members among most cited researchers in the world, study shows
Sixteen faculty members at the University of Kansas School of Engineering are among the top 2% of scientists worldwide cited by others in research publications, according to a study from Stanford University. ...
KU CREES announces Laird essay contest winners
The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Kansas has announced that the 2022 Roy D. and Betty Laird Essay Contest winners are undergraduate students John Lubianetsky, for his essay “The United States’ Role in Resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Transformation and Change in Caucasian...
Service learning excellence recognized with awards and juried presentations
The Center for Service Learning (CSL) at the University of Kansas has announced the 2022 Excellence in Service Learning award recipients and selected the winners of this year’s Service Showcase presentation competition. The CSL recognized these award recipients and others at the annual Service Showcase + Celebration. ...
Dirt Works solving problems in Solar Decathlon Build Challenge
A home designed for state-of-the-art energy efficiency that shelters people fleeing from domestic violence, fills an inner-city “orphan lot” and simultaneously trains architecture students in construction? ...
KU celebrates undergraduate research
Over 215 undergraduate students participated in the 25th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium this year at the University of Kansas. The symposium was entirely online and features oral and poster presentations as well as artist talks and creative displays from many disciplines. Presentations can still be viewed on the Symposium website. ...
Three KU students earn Fulbright awards
Three University of Kansas students received prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Awards to study, conduct research and teach English abroad for the 2022-2023 academic year. Four additional KU students were named as alternate Fulbright recipients. ...
Stacey Vanderhurst receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Nigeria
Stacey Vanderhurst, University of Kansas assistant professor of women, gender & sexuality studies, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to study how Nigerian women are fighting harassment in public spaces. ...
KU’s ATLAS center features research in showcase with global reach
Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) at the University of Kansas has presented a grant project focused on promoting quality science education for students with disabilities at the 2022 STEM for All Video Showcase: Access, Inclusion, and Equity, which runs May 10-17. ...
Dole Institute announces recipients for 2022 Robert J. Dole Service to Country Award, Elizabeth Dole Public Service Award
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced the winners of the 2022 Robert J. Dole Service to Country Award and the 2022 Elizabeth Dole Public Service Award. ...
Center creating lab-on-a-chip technology for medical tests wins $6.6 million in continued NIH funding
A research center based at the University of Kansas that develops rapid next-generation tests for a host of human ailments like cancer, stroke and COVID-19 recently earned $6.6 million in continued funding over the next five years from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering...
Center for Undergraduate Research honors students, mentors
In early May, the University of Kansas Center for Undergraduate Research honored the winners of the Courtwright Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence and the Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards. ...
KU announces new 2022-2023 Self Memorial Scholars
Nineteen students have been selected to receive the University of Kansas Madison and Lila Self Memorial Scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year. ...
Spencer Museum announces 2022 Brosseau Creativity Award recipients
The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has announced the 2022 recipients of the Jack & Lavon Brosseau Creativity Awards. Established by benefactor Lavon Brosseau in 2011, the awards honor innovative and risk-taking creative work in the categories of writing and diverse media from KU undergraduate students...
KU students take part in math competitions
University of Kansas students have tested their mathematical prowess at local, state and national events. ...
Study shows two career assessment screenings effective for veterans, civilians
When veterans leave the military, they not only have the possibility of significant challenges like lasting physical injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health concerns, they also face the reality of transitioning to a new life, often in higher education or a new career field. While many services are in...
Professor's book chapter traces evolution of Chinese law, current lack of a 'legal soul'
China is a major player on the world stage, and nations around the globe watch it carefully to see what steps it will take next politically, economically and legally. But a relatively recent change in China’s approach to law has both altered its “legal soul” and made it unpredictable, a...
KU International Affairs awards 14 grants for research, collaboration abroad
KU International Affairs has awarded more than $46,000 in travel grants to 13 KU faculty members and one graduate student to support research and collaboration abroad. ...